Sentence examples for torsion from inspiring English sources
The word “torsion” is correct and can be used in written English
It is typically used to refer to a twisting or wrenching force, such as the one the ligaments of a joint are subjected to when it is moved beyond its normal limits. For example, “The torsion put on the joint caused the ligaments to tear.”
noun
The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction.
Traditional surgery is unlikely to disappear completely, of course, but Dr Gedroyc is optimistic that the sort of non-invasive techniques that he and his colleagues are working on will soon see surgeons relegated to dealing with problems like organ torsion and twisted bones, which have to be dealt with physically.
"This", he says, standing to demonstrate the torsion of waist and shoulder-line that classical dancers call épaulement, "becomes this".
The anecdotes should be fun, even for readers uninterested in the virtues of the torsion bar.
Nearly all catapults employed in ancient and medieval artillery operated by a sudden release of tension on bent wooden beams or of torsion in twisted cords of horsehair, gut, sinew, or other fibres.
They have used balances with such suspensions to look for deviations from the predictions of general relativity and have most recently used a torsion balance with ribbon suspension in two new determinations of the constant of gravitation.
Eötvös obtained much better discrimination with a torsion balance.
For the road-going E-Type, Sayer took a lengthened version of the monocoque concept with a subframe to brace the front torsion-bar suspension, but added an entirely new type of rear suspension.
In 2007 a torsion-balance experiment by Dan J. Kapner and co-workers at the Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington at Seattle, appeared to invalidate this attempt to unify the four forces.
Onager, in weaponry, ancient Roman torsion-powered weapon, similar to a catapult.
The torsion-bar spring shown in the figure is used in the suspension systems of some automobiles.
The torsion-balance experiments of Eöt-Wash were repeated by others including (Cowsik et al. 1988; Fitch, Isaila and Palmer 1988; Adelberger 1989; Bennett 1989; Newman, Graham and Nelson 1989; Stubbs et al. 1989; Cowsik et al. 1990; Nelson, Graham and Newman 1990).
